UK stars from Sting to Emma Thompson call on PM to help Syrian refugees
A year ago, Britain said it would accept several hundred Syrian refugees but only 90 have arrived so far
A woman who fled her home in Al-Bayada neighbourhood of Homs, works on building a house from debris and metal of her daughter's collapsed house after it was destroyed in Bsida village, southern Idlib countryside
Om Mohamad, a woman who fled her home in Al-Bayada neighbourhood of Homs to live in her daughter's house in Bsida, works on building a house from debris and metal of her daughter's collapsed house after it was destroyed in Bsida village, southern Idlib countryside January 24, 2015. All the houses of Marahtat village (about 60 houses), Bsida village and the villages around them were destroyed by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, according to activists. This was to prevent rebel fighters from crossing through the area to Wadi al-Deif, before rebel fighters took control of the area more than a month ago. Picture taken January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Syrian air strike on rebel area kills more than 40 - monitor
YouTube footage posted by the opposition Syrian Media Organization showed several bodies lying on a blood-stained floor, some of them children
U.N. approved cross-border aid helps 600,000 Syrians in six months
Situation continues to "deteriorate rapidly" as Syria's civil war is about to enter its fifth year
In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress
Residents face Islamic State extortion rackets
U.S.-led coalition needs 'two years' to expel Islamic State from Iraq, says UK
Iraq own forces are still months away from launching proper combat operations
Malta rescues 80 migrants, 20 feared dead
Arrivals from North Africa have slowed in recent months with more coming on larger cargo ships from Syria
Kurds cut off strategic route in northern Iraq used by IS
Kurdish forces in northern Iraq say they have cut off a strategic supply line used by Islamic State to link the city of Mosul to western strongholds and Syria